t ar b kf M re W 3lV THE TiT FAIR Distinguished Mon Break Ground for y Louisiana Purchase Show - TURNING THE THAWED OUT SOD Governors 6t Four Purchase States Pres entDay Too Cold for the Contem plated Street iroccsston -Thousands Attend the Festivities r ST LOUIS Dec 31 The governors of four Louisiana purchase states Minnesota Nebraska Arkansas and Missouri several members of con gress arid worlds fair national com missioners and other invited guests among them General John C Bates commanding the Department ot Mis souri and Colonel John D G Ogles by representing Governor Yates of Il linois were present and participated in the ceremonies attending the break ing of the ground today on the site of the worlds fair in Forest park The exercises at the park where the thermometer registered around zero consisted of an invocation by Rev Dr S J Niccolls addresses by the chair man of the committee on credentials Corwin H Spencer and President David B Francis and the breaking of gound on thesite of the educational building by the officials of the exposi tion company municipal authorities aidinyited guests Three historic shovels were used in the ground breaking The first was one of iron and oak loaned by the Massachusetts state arsenal Boston where it had been placed in 1805 as a relic of early American workmanship An exact reproduction of that shovel a manufacture of the Louisiana pur chase made of ebony and steel sil ver plated was next put in use A veritable relic an old wooden shovel tSought to have been one of the tools employed by the 200 white miners from France and the 500 African slaves from San Domingo brought over by Francis Renault in 1718 to work in the St Genevieve Mo mines was the third used It was originally found in St Francis county this state by F J Monell while sinking a shaft in the famous Flat river lead district and is now the property of the Peace dale museum Rhode Island to which It was presented by a Mr Hazard Speaking by Governor Francis Con gressman James A Tawney of Minne sota and Governor Jefferson Davis of Arkansas and music by Seymours famous sixty was the program at the Coliseum where several thousand per sons were present A banquet at the Southern hotel in the evening com pleted the days program At the appointed time directors and officers of the Louisiana Purchase Ex position company General John C Bates Major Henry K Hunter Fif teenth United States cavalry and other army officers governors of states and guests assembled at the St Louis club Carriages were taken and the party was driven to Forest park where the ceremony of breaking ground was car ried out A huge fire had been built on the structural site of the educa tional building to soften the ground HAY INTENDS TO H01D POST Secretary Makes Refutation of Fast and Subsequent Kumors WASHINGTON Dec 21 In view of the repeated publications of late to the general effect that Secretary Hay is about to retire a statement is givSn with full authority touching this sub ject substantialy to the effect that Secretary Hay does not now contem plate retirement irom the cabinet This statement applies not only to the present moment but to that indefinite period fixed by the conclusion of the negotiations necessary to the construc tion of an isthmian canal Also it is stated with equal positiveness that authority that President Roosevelt has in the strongest terms expressed to Secretary Hay his earnest desire that he shall remain in the cabinet of which he forms one of the principal props Thus according to the state ment the secretarys inclination and the presidents desire run together and there is no foundation for the re ports to the effect that Secretary Hay is to leave his post Traction for Tokio NEW YORK Dec 21 A contract amounting to 750000 has been placed in this city for the electrical equip ment of the first electric traction sys tem in Tokio Japan The line will cover the principal streets of Tokio and it is expected will be in operation early in 1903 Asks for Half a Million CLEVELAND Dec 21 The Mc Kinley Memorial association is receiv ing encouraging reports from all over the country Half a million dollars is the sum fixed to be raised An appor tionment of the total sum has been made among the states of the union according to population and location The largest sum is asked of New York 5150000 Ohios apportionment is 00000 and the other states propor tionately less y t fV - fl- WILL TELL SCHLEY ABOUT IT JLone Will Inform Admiral When Samp eon Flics Ills Protest WASHINGTON Dec 20 The navy department has not yet prepared its answer to the bill of objections an nounced yesterday to the bill of ex ceptions by Admiral Schley but it is expected it will be delivered tomorrow Captain Lemly and Solicitor Hanna having given a considerable portion of the day to the matter The fol lowing letter was addressed to Ad iriral Schley today Dear Sir The department has re ceived your communication of the 18th inst wherein you request that if a protest is filed by Rear Admiral W T Sampson relative to the question of command of the American naval forces during the battle of Santiago and credit for the victory won in that battle you be accorded an opportunity to present through your counse oral argument against such protest In reply you are inform 3 d thrt when such protest is received you will be advised of the departments con clusion Yours respectfully JOHN D LONG Rear Admiral W S Schley OPPOSE CHINESE EXCLUSION Mass Meeting in Boston Addressed by TVm Lloyd Garrison BOSTON Dec 20 William Lloyd Garrison presided over a meeting in the Bromfield Street Methodist Episco pal church this evening at lwhich resolution were adopted against the re enactment of the Chinese exclusion act Besides Mr Garrison the speak ers were Rev J M Foster of Boston Rev M R Johnson of San Francisco Yong Hay a Chinese clergyman of this city Rev James A Earle and Colonel Stephen W Nickerson In the course of his address Mr Garrison said We are here tonight as American citizens to protest against Americas injustice in dealing with a sister na tion We cannot forget that our an cestors themselves were immigrants with no prescriptive right to enter this country WHAT INDIAN IS MADE FOR ftlerely a Joke to Pass Counterfeit on Poor XO FARGO N D Dec 20 It is not a crime against the United States to pass a confederate bill on an unsus pecting Indian according to the de cision of Judge Amidon in the Uni ted States court here in the Barrett case Barrett was arrested for giving an Indian a 5 confederate bill in a horse trade It as alleged that he had violated section 5430 of the revised United States statutes which makes it a crime to carry paper bills bearing a similitude to paper bills of legal currency It was held that the of fense is merely a cheat Barrett was a Billings county cowboy and has been discharged from custody A Paper Box Trust BUFFALO N Y Dec 20 Repre sentatives of about thirty of the paper box manufacturers of the country met here today for the purpose of forming1 a combine It was stated after a se cret meeting that satisfactory progress had been made but no definite state- ment had been made as regards the capitaliaztion of the concern If the plan of consolidation is successful one of its features will be that none of its stock will be placed on the market for sale but each manufacturer will subscribe to the working capital in proportion to the value of his plant Will Abide by Arbitration WASHINGTON Dec 20 Secretary Hay and Senor Zaldiver the Hawaiian minister today signed the protocol providing for the submission to arbi tration of the claim of the Salvador commercial company otherwise known as El Triunfo for damages sustained through the alleged appropriation by the government of Salvador of their concession rights The claim amounts to about half a million dollars Mercer Introduces a Bill WASHINGTON Dec 20 In ac cordance with authority conferred by congress last year the secretary of agriculture has bad plans prepared for a handsome new building for the Department of Agriculture and today Representative Mercer of Nebraska introduced a bill appropriating 2000 000 for the proposed new structure For Mines and Mining WASHINGTON D C Dec 20 Representative Wood of California to day introduced a bill to establish a department of mines and mining Has Confidence in Congress WASHINGTON Dec 20 Secretary Wilson today expressed confidence that congress would avert the threatened suspension on March 1 of the micro scopical examination of American meats sent abrod by making the ap propriation for continuing that work in accordance with estimates he has submitted Secretary Wilson says that he does not believe pongress will permit any lapse in the inspection work for want of money - - - - - - - IT PASSES THE HOUSE- Philippine Tariff Bill -Has Majority of Thirty Pive Votes LOUISIANA DEMOCRATS SUPPORT IT On Republican Side F ivo members Op pose the Measure Dlngley Hates bn Goods Entering the United States From Philippines WASHINGTON Dec 19 The bill to provide revenue temporarily for the Philippine islands passed the house today by a vote of 163 to 128 Five republicans Messrs Terrell of Mass achusetts Littlefield of Maine Heat wqle Eddy and Stevens of Minnesota voted with the democrats against the bill and three democrats Messrs Robertson Davey and Broussard of Louisiana voted with the republi cans for it Mr Meyer a democrat of Louisiana was paired in favor of the bill with Mr Foster an Illinois democrat Mr Warner of Illinois who voted against the Porto Rican bill last congress voted for the Philippine measure today Mr Crumpacker of Indiana who also voted against the Porto Rican bill was absent The democrats were several times today taunted with their failure to present an alternative proposition for the pending measure but Just before the vote was taken for the passage of the bill the attitude of the minority was defined in a motion to recommit offered by Mr Richardson the minor ity leader It instructed the ways and means committee to report the bill back amended so as to reduce the cus toms and internal revenue laws of the United States to a revenue basis and to extend them to the Philippines until the latter with the aid of the United States should be able to set up a stable independent government This proposition did not command a republican vote and the three dem ocrats above mentioned voted agaln3t it Mr Meyer was paired against it The speakers today were Messrs Hepburn of Iowa and Dalzell of Penn sylvania for the bill and Messrs Henry of Texas Williams of Missouri McCall reppublican of Massachusetts Green of Pennsylvania and McClellan of New York against The bill passed today imposes the Dingley rates on goods entering the United States from the Philippines and the rates established by the Philip pine commission on goods entering the Philippines from the United States It also provides for the col lection of tonnage taxes on vessels plying between the United States and the Philippines and foreign vessels may ply between these ports until January 1 1905 The duties and taxes collected shall go into the Philippine treasury SCHLEY PILES BILL Brooklyn Comoiuinler Submits List of Exceptions to Findings WASHINGTON Dec 19 Late yes terday Admiral Schley through his counsel filed with the secretary of the navy his bill of exceptions to the ma jority findings of the court of inquiry and also a letter asking to be heard in connection with the objections to bo filed by Attorneys for Admiral Sampson to the individual opinion of Admiral Dewey This action was taken after Mr Raynor Mr Teague and Captain Parker of counsel had held a consultation throughout the day with their client Secretary Long almost immediately after the receipt of the communica tion called Judge Advocate Xemley and the solicitor for the department Mr Hanna into conference At its conclusion the secretary said that he had no statement to make regarding any action that he might take in the premises He however indicated to Mr Teague through the judge advo cate that he would not hear an oral argument by Mr Raynor regarding Admiral Sampsons protest but would receive a written protest Schley Jets More Time WASHINGTON D C Dec 19 Judge Rayner and Mr Teague have gone to Baltimore and are engaged with the preparation of the statement of objections to the court findings which Admiral Schley has been grant ed permission tp file This work is expected to occupy them several days Senator McComas of Maryland call ed at the navy department today and had a long talk with Secretary Long before the latter departed for the cab inet meeting The senator came to the department to secure an extension of tl3 time allowed for the submis sion of the statement Nominate Judge Baker WASHINGTON Dec 19 The pres ident sent the following nominations to the senate Miguel A Otero gover nor of New Mexico Benjamin S Ba ker Nebraska associate justice of the supreme court of New Mexico Levi R Davis receiver of public moneys at Sundance Wyo Frederick Muller receiver of public moneys at Santa Fe N M Also the appointments under the Department of Justice announced yesterday - J wSKSSi Xt ggaggaasArvtiggggressr EARLY ACTION IS EXPECTED t Eichance of Ratification of Treaties May Take Ilnco In a Month WASHINGTON Dec 18 Lord Pauncefoto the British ambassador called at the state department to con fer with Secretary Hay respecting the next step to be taken toward consum mating the treaty ratified by the sen ate to replace the Clayton Bulwer -treaty It is possible that ratifications will be exchanged in about a month King Edward first must ratify the treaty and then the exchange copies of the convention having been pre pared the British copy will be sent to Washington where they probably will be exchanged The treaty pro vides that this act may take place either at Washington or in London but In deference to Lord Pauncefotes wishes it is likely that this the last act of the treaty will occur in Wash ington f EAR ACTIVE HOSTILITIES Open Warfare Soon Between Venezuela and Colombia WASHINGTON Dec 18 Semi-official advices received here indicate that active hostilities are about to be gin between Colombia and Venezuela The delay in proceeding to extremes has been largely caused by the lack of a suitable stock of arms and am munition by the Colombian govern ment This is about to be remedied The news that came is to the ef fect that the British steamer Ban Rich which recently excited suspicion by loading a large cargo of arms in European waters supposedly intended for the Boers in South Africa really was chartered by the Colombian gov ernment It is now near Colon and the advice is to the effect that when its cargo is distributed among the Colombian troops hostilities will be gin between Colombia and Venezuela Rural Free Delivery Service WASHINGTON Dec 18 Rural free delivery service will be establish ed February 1st as follows Dakota City Dakota county additional service- with one carrier length of route twenty three and one half miles pop ulation served 475 carrier Edward J McKeonan Juniata Adams cunty one carrier length of route twenty five and one half miles population served 500 carrier Orville Butler Syracuse Otoe county with one carrier length of route twenty five miles popula tion served 500 carrier Oscar H Van Shentz The Nebrnska Sehators WASHINGTON Dec 18 Senator Millard is a member of these commit tees Interstate commerce interoceanic canals civil service and retrench ment improvement cf Mississippi and its tributaries revolutionary claims Potomac river front Senator Dietrich is made a member of these committees Philippines coast defense Indian depredations irrigation five civilized Indian tribes Indian lands trespass Slams Kin Wants to Visit WASHINGTON D C Dec IS Senator Frye today introduced a joint resolution authorizing the presi dent to invite the king of Siam to visit the United States It sets forth in a preamble the fact that the king of Siam has made known to our min ister at Bangkok his desire to visit the United States and the resolution provides that he shall be invited to become the guest of the nation while here Says Tt Caused Blindness FAIRBURY Neb Dec 18 Dr W B Smith a dentist of this city has begun action in the courts of St Jo seph to recover 20000 damage from W F Goetze a wholesale druggist of that city It is claimed that the dam age was sustained by reason of the de fendant having sold Smith an inferior grade of alcohol by partaking of which he was made blind noree f r Koosevclt MANCHESTER Vt Dec 18 A let ter has just been received from Cap tain John Ccfa at Morocco saying that he expected a fine blooded Arabian saddle horse to reach him from the interior about December 10 The an imal will be shipped to Washington for President Roosevelts use To Retire Hawaiian Money WASHINGTON D C Dec 18 Senator Cullom today in troduced in the senate a bill providing for the re tirement of the Hawaiiancoinage and currency Go to Treat With Hrigandg CONSTANTINOPLE Dec 18 W W Peet treasurer of the Turkish mis sion in Constantinople accompanied by Mr Gargilo dragonman of the United States legation here started to meet the brigands who hold Miss Stone captive In accordance with in structions received from Washington they will attempt to secure the release of the prisoner in exchange for the ransom money now available Mme Tsilkas baby is still alive and well -- As tK u n i n SCHOOL l9 1 1 J II Apportionment for Various Counties bj the Superintendent MOW THE APPORTIONMENT IS MADE Sources From Whence the School Money Is Derived Table Showluc How Much KacU County Gets Miscellaneous Mut ters Here and There LINCOLN Neb Dec 18 State Su perintendent Fowler has completed the state school aportidnment and for warded copies to Auditor Weston so that the various counties may receive state warrants for their share of the fund The total subject to apportion tionment of the temporary school fund The total subject to apoprtion ment is 31681359 as compared with 30783054 for December of last year The apportionment is made on a basis of school population Last year the number of persons of school age in the state was 377791 This year the number is 37G059 The rate per schol ar last year was a fraction over 81 cents This year it is 84 cents The money to be distributed was derived from the following sources State tax 8347389 interest on U S bonds 300 interest on county bonds 7514950 interest on school district bonds 100458 interest on school and saline lands sold 72081 71 interest on school and saline lands leased 6135627 interest on war rants 2095378 game and fish license fees 2345 peddlers license 14880 total amount 31681359 The following shows the number of scholars in each county and the amount of money due under the ap portionment No of County Scholars Adams 7150 Antelopes 43S7 Banner 287 Blaine 158 Boone 4126 Box Butte 1502 Boyd 2627 Brown 12S0 Buffalo 7S32 Burt 4564 Butler 5943 Cass 7S90 Cedar 4823 Chase 940 Cherry 1592 Cheyenne 1551 Clay 5930 Colfax 4410 Cuming 5699 Custer 7843 Dakota 2303 Dawes 1S37 Dawson 4418 Deuel 791 Dixon 3882 Dodge 8262 Douglas 40792 Dundy S15 Fillmore 5661 Franklin 3501 Frontier 3023 Furnas 4217 Gage 10506 Garfield 753 Gosper 1815 Grant 203 Greeley 2414 Hall 601S Hamilton 5015 Harlan 3215 Hayes 898 Hitchcock 1623 Holt 4727 Hooker 78 Howard i 4204 Jefferson 5485 Johnson 4091 Kearney 3670 Keith 633 Keya Paha 1062 Kimball 254 Knox 5477 Lancaster 22203 Lincoln 4033 Logan 341 Loup 499 Madison 6204 McPherson 139 Merrick 3173 Nance 2850 Nemaha 5353 Nuckolls 4542 Otoe 7240 Pawnee 4204 Perkins 594 Phelps 3655 Pierce 3386 Platte 6620 Polk 4021 Red Willow 3340 Richardson 69S7 Rock 10S3 Saline 7092 3107 bauncers 8301 Scotts Bluff 1007 Seward 5737 Sheridan i 1949 Sherman 2567 Sioux 535 Stanton 2G75 J naycr oo6 Thomas 191 Thurston 2105 Valley 2851 Washington 4 660 Wayne 3766 Webster 4212 Wheeler 536 York 6132 Amount Due 627631 3696S6 24179 13311 353495 131592 221314 10S077 C59812 384497 500841 664699 406370 79L91 134119 130918 499577 371524 480116 660733 1941S6 154759 37219S 66891 327042 696038 3436351 68660 476915 294944 254575 353261 8S50F5 63437 152906 17270 203369 509518 422192 270859 75653 137226 398229 6471 362524 4620SS 344649 309182 58382 9469 21398 461414 1870760 339763 2S728 42039 522660 11710 267312 240100 450967 382644 609939 354169 50042 3O3002 285256 597707 335752 2813 81 588525 92S 597471 2617 51 699324 84833 483318 164193 216259 45156 225157 449323 16091 177337 2401 f3 3925J 5 317269 358 43 45156 516595 Total 376C59 31681359 Hastings Pest House Burns HASTINGS Neb Dec 18 The Hastings college hospital and pest house was destroyed by fire There was one smallpox patient in the house at the time the fire broke out but as he was awake he escaped in good time McKInleys Birth Anniversary SUPERIOR Neb Dec 18 The Grand Army of the Republic of this city has decided to make President McKinleys birthday January 29 the occasion of a grand patriotic meeting of soldiers and citizens Planning Public Library MINDEN Neb Dec 18 The min lsters of Minden are perfecting a plan by which they hope to start a self supporting public library and read ing room in Minden r - - THE LIVE STOCK MARKET Latest Quotation Tre Soath Omhg and Kan City SOUTH oacAKA -1 rm n rood many cattlj for thS Umcof the wee and as all polnffl were quoted lower tnc zee -point did not star was also weak buyers t i v thn mnrnin was WW out unm unc ow - -- - voVT advanced before much of anting not include changed hands Receipt did but atia pmc voyr many corn fed steers and ticallr nil kinds were a little lower the market was very slow Some ol ine more desirable grades were peruana ww aside from those it very much lower but The cow mar was a dull weak warket ket was also slow and lower Buyers did not seem to be particularly anxious for supplies today and as the receipts were liberal they took their time about filling their orders Tho market on bulls veal calves and stags was also slow and weak particularly on the less desirable grades There was a better demand for desirable grades of stockers and feeders man uua and prices wqre fully steady A big string nf Onlorado cattle sold OS high as 41Qw which was considered a good steady price Common cattle however were neg lected and in most cases sold a- little lower than yesterdny Hogs The hog market was very slow and lower The general market could safely be quoted a dime lower than yes terday Choice heavy hogs weighing over 300 pounds sold at right around steady prices with yesterday but there were only a few of them on sale They were picked up first and sold largely from 650 to 675 Good mixed hogs were fully 5010c lower and sold from 620 to 840 Light mixed and butcher weights were fully a dlmo lower and went mostly from 600 to C20 Light hogs sold from 600 down and were very hard to dispose of at a decline of 10 015c Sheep Quotations Choice lightweight yearlings 4000425 good to choicer me dium weight yearlings 3750400 fair to good yearlings 3500375 choice wethers 3600400 fair to good wethers 3300360 choice ewes 3100340 fair to good ewes 2800310 common ewes 1000200 choice lambs 3000540 fair to good Iambs 460 500 feeder wethers 2900315 feeder Iambs 3000350 bulls 2250400 calves 3250525 Hogs Market heavy and 10c lower light and pigs 10020c lower top 667- bulk of sales 5700635 heavy 6600667 mixed packers 6100650 light 5250625 pigs 4230515 Sheep and Lambs Market steady to 10c lower native lambs 4750525 western lambs 4500500 native wethers 3750 425 western wethers 3500400 ewes 2750375 culls and feeders 2000350 REPORT UPON SCHLEY Judge Advocate XomIey and Solicitor Hanna Fllo Beply to Objections WASHINGTON Dec 21 Judge Ad vocate Lemly and Solicitor Hanna sub mitted to Secretary Long their report upon thte bill of objections filed by Admiral Schley through his counsel to the findings of the Schley court of niquiry In substance the report is an argu ment supplementary to the argument made by the writers before the court of inquiry The principal points are an instance upon their contention that the first report is the unanimous re port of the court of inquiry that the court was justified in rejecting Ad miral Schleys evidence by the num ber of witnesses who took issue with him and that there is no sufficient reason for a reopening of the case as requested by Admiral Schley Secretary Long has not yet acted upon the report but is expected to do so today If adopted the report will be forwarded to Admiral Schley NOT OPPOSED TO THE PENSION Russel Harrison Says He Is Sot Fighting Claim for Stepmother WASHINGTON Dec 21 Colonel Russell B Harrison son of the late President Benjamin Harrison was ad mitted to practice in the court of claims at its last session Colonel Harrison in reply to an in quiry concerning the reason for his presence in Washington said I have been here entirely on legal business The report that I am oppos ing the granting of a pension to Mrs Benjamin Harrison is absolutely with out foundation I have hesitated to make reference to this matter even to deny the truth of the idle rumor earlier simply from a disinclination to make reference to family matters Killed by Load or Xogs GLENWOOD la Dec 21 Wtiile walking alongside of a lead o logs Sam Red was almost instantly killed The accident happened on the Bell Wyant farm about twelve miles south of town Red was on the way with aged 40 years fell into an open cel beside the wagon to keep warm In some way the load became uncoupled and the logs rolled off the wagon onto Red crushing him Settlers Suffer From Cold GUTHRIE O T Dec 21 Every road leading into the new country is still lined with prospective settlers Generally these are men in poor finan 1 cial circumstances who are moving with their families intQ ms regon t better their condition They have suf fered untold agonies as the result of the recent cold wave Without food and generally without money and in a country sparsely settled they have starved and frozen - - to n Kvifl 1 KANSAS CITT Cattle Market steady to 10c -lower choice export and dressed beef steers 560 625 fair to good 4750550 stockers and feeders 2750425 western fed steers 475 0575 western range ateers 3500475 Texas and Indian steers 3000450 Texas cows 2250350 native cows 2500425 heifers 32505tw canners 1500240 rk 9 i V r r V J j u